Sarah Powers addresses Yin Yoga's benefits for fertility and conception.

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Check out Sarah Powers's author page.

Lay Virasana back and to take the stretch in the thighs and ankles up a notch.

Salabhasana or Locust Pose effectively preps beginners for deeper backbends, strengthening the back of the torso, legs, and arms.

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Here's how to integrate it into your flow and your life.

If backbends are a struggle for your body, you may try these preparatory shoulder-openers.

Tim Miller gives advice for practicing with a common injury, an overstretched hamstring attachment.

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Check out Tias Little's author page.

Tias Little offers advice for preparing for the yoga splits.

Tias Little gives instruction on how to come into Headstand without the help of a wall or teacher

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Tias Little offers advice for designing a practice to support recovery from a knee surgery to repair a meniscal tear.

You may have developed a curve in your back over time. But the good news is you can use yoga for slouching. It will help reinforce the natural curve in your back and improve your posture.

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Loving-kindness meditation (metta) challenges us to send love and compassion to the difficult people in our lives, —including ourselves.

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Check out Cyndi Lee's author page.

Cyndi Lee offers suggestions for sequencing backbends safely.

If you are avoiding arm balances, bear in mind that they develop core strength, keep the bones sturdy, and sharpen mental discipline.

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Check out Cyndi Lee's author page.

Check out Cyndi Lee's author page.

Can't see the cow face? Notice that the crossed legs look like the lips. The bent-elbow arms, one up and one down, are the ears.

Esther Myers recommends finding the right teacher and atmosphere when starting yoga at an older age.

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Upavistha Konasana is good preparation for most of the seated forward bends, twists, and the wide-leg standing poses.

Esther Myers explains a post-abdominal surgery yoga routine.

Tips for tapping into the abdominal strength needed to come into Handstand with both legs.

The yogic practice of satya (truth) focuses on carefully choosing our words so they do the least harm and most good.

Heels together or apart? Squeeze the buttocks to protect my lower back—always or never? Which is correct?

A classic restorative posture, Supta Baddha Konasana or Reclining Bound Angle Pose can be modified for any level of hip and groin resistance.

When we begin to practice meditation, we come to recognize the sense of limitation that has been imposed on our lives.

Esther Myers teaches us how to sit comfortably.

Drishti is a gazing technique that develops concentration—and teaches you to see the world as it really is.

Esther Myers offers advice for specific stretches for cyclists with knee problems.

Esther Myers offers advice for managing and preventing sacroiliac pain.

Develop an attitude of a dancer to explore your inner rhythm transitioning from Downward-Facing Dog Pose to Wheel Pose.

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Senior teacher and scientist Roger Cole explains why you might get dizzy during yoga practice and how to prevent it.

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Check out Roger Cole's author page.

Check out Roger Cole's author page.

Roger Cole offers advice for safely practicing inversions with high blood pressure.

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Is there a perfect medium between pushing yourself and finding relaxation in yoga?

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Barbara Benagh offers advice for tuning into the nuances of your home practice.

Know whether to exhale through the mouth or nose during pranayama breathing or just in natural breathing.

Learn how to transition from having the help of a yoga teacher to developing your own home practice.

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Check out Barbara Benagh's author page.

Practiced with careful alignment, yoga poses can help alleviate past neck problems and prevent future ones.

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Barbara Benagh offers advice for balancing ab strength and deep breathing.

Barbara Benagh's tips and tricks for opening the hip flexors.

Virasana is a balm for tired legs at the end of the day, as well as an alternative to Lotus for seated meditation.

Oh, your aching back? Or maybe you can't crack those tight hamstrings. Supta Padangusthasana I or Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose I is for you.

This version of Shoulderstand is performed with blanket support under the shoulders.

Janu Sirsasana, or Head-to-Knee Pose, is appropriate for students of any level and melds a forward bend with a spinal twist.

Need an energy boost? Urdhva Dhanurasana can help—and strengthen your arms, legs, abdomen, and spine in the process.

You may not even know it but Krishnamacharya's legacy has influenced or perhaps even invented your yoga.

It all comes down to pressure.

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If your headaches happen often, body awareness can help predict the onset of a headache. Try practicing yoga for headaches to ease the pain.

Mary Pullig Schatz talks about yoga for sciatica and different ways you can ease the source of pain.

Jivamukti founder David Life discovers that practicing mula bandha makes the body less earth-bound.

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Are you a mouth breather? Poor breathing habits are easy to spot. Use these 6 tests to identify your own breathing problems.

We often hear about locking knees in yoga. Learn how to correctly lock your knees without hyperextending them.

Expert Richard Rosen explains the meaning behind the word "Ashtanga."

Find out why many beginning yogis often quiver a lot and how to control those shaking muscles.

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Reconsider how you define healthy abdominal muscles. Think strong, not hard.

Learn how to do Downward-Facing Dog Pose properly for the ultimate full-body stretch.

If you're having difficulty meditating because of back pain, you could be sitting incorrectly.

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